First
Trade Charts & Case Studies
One of the best ways to begin planetary stock trading is to employ the earnings
surprise method. This involves an analysis of the horoscope of the stock
on the day that the earnings are announced. If there is little contact
with the horoscope at the time, the earnings will be in line with forecasts.
Research shows that an EPS announcement that is more than one standard
deviation away from the consensus estimate will cause the stock to react
sharply, up or down. In these cases, there is contact to the natal first-trade
chart. In the cases below, you will clearly see how this works.

The advantage
to this method is that I am only exposed to the market for about 2
days, the day prior to the announcement and the day after. Think of it
this
way. We are in a foxhole and wish to move to another foxhole. It is
wise to minimize the amount of time that we are exposed to fire. In the
same
way, we do not want to hold stocks for very long if it is unnecessary.
In the analysis, concentrate on the MC, Sun and Moon, first natally
and then by secondary progression both direct and converse.

This month was a blessing in the sense that there was a great deal of planetary
activity. This maximizes the number of hits to first trade charts, creating
many short-term moves that one can profit from. If there was very light activity,
then there would be few sharp moves on stocks. The activity was:

This had been preceded by a solar eclipse at 9 Gemini 19 (May 30) and Mars
stations at 10 Pisces 05 retrograde (July 29) and 0 Pisces 10 direct (September
27) and a retrograde Uranus station at 2 Pisces 49 on June 7. Many of the
stocks that moved sharply had planets in the first 10 degrees of mutable
signs.

RT was scheduled to announce earnings on October 6th, after the close of
the market. Jupiter was parallel the MC (October 9,2003) and contraparallel
natal Jupiter
(October 10). The stock jumped almost 5 points.

The
November lunar eclipse was on Saturn opposite Mars, square Uranus on one
side, and Sun-Moon on the other. In this case, a very unstable axis was energized
at the time of the announcement. Note the gap down in the month of December.

Case
#3 —LYDALL

This
stock broke under October’s pressure. The Saturn
station opposed natal Saturn and was 135 degrees from Mars. The direct Uranus
station was in a close 45 degrees from natal Saturn and was square Mars.
The lunar eclipse would be opposite the MC-Pluto conjunction square
the Node. Neptune
was semisextile the progressed Ascendant. The subsequent solar eclipse was
on the progressed MC. With the Sun at 21 Sagittarius 54, this chart
still had to
endure a Pluto transit, a hint that selling would be serious and long-lasting.

Lydall
FT Dec. 13, 1989
9:30 AM EST, New York, NY

Lydall
progressed to Oct. 21, 2003

Case
#4 —
CATERPILLAR

This
chart reminds me of a carton that is well-known on Wall Street. The investor
calls his broker after hearing the president of the company in which
he owns stock. He tells the broker to sell. The broker asks why. The investor
says that the chief executive said that business could not be better. The
broker is puzzled. The investor correctly observes: “Why should the
stock go any higher, if things cannot get any better?” He knew that
the share price looks forward and that better news was necessary to keep
the stock up.

In the case of CAT, Jupiter hit the following axis in the natal chart: the
Sun, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury were all in the 10 to 13 degree mutable area
forming a big opposition. Jupiter at 9 Virgo turned this opposition into
a big t-square. This could be read as a peak in optimism. It is similar to
the effect that Jupiter has when it moves over the natal Sun in a chart.
There is usually a peak on that day, followed by a sell-off.

Catterpillar
FT Dec. 2, 1929 10:00 AM EST
New york, NY

Case
#5 —MICROSOFT

Uranus stationed on the progressed MC. The progressed MC was
on the progressed Uranus/Pluto midpoint (see the third 90 ° chart below),
adding to the sudden shock.
The stock gapped down

Microsoft
FT
March 13, 1986
9:30 AM EST New York, NY

Progressed
to Oct. 24, 2003

Case
#6 —SCHLUMBERGER

Uranus was opposite natal Uranus, but the real story here was the Saturn
station opposite the MC and the Moon. What kind of an announcement would
you expect with Saturn opposing the MC (reputation) and the Moon (the public
in a mundane chart)?

Schlumberger
FT Feb. 02, 1962 10:00 AM New York, NY

Secondary Prog. for Oct. 21, 2003

Case #7 —SCIENTIFIC
ATLANTA

This was one of my best trades of 2003. Saturn was 5 minutes off of
the progressed Sun when earnings were announced. The Uranus station was
135 degrees
from the
same progressed Sun. The coming solar eclipse was opposite the progressed
MC and 45 degrees to Pluto. Transiting Pluto was contraparallel the natal
Midheaven
one week before the announcement. This was a very afflicted chart, and
the 18% drop in one day was the third largest on the NYSE on that day. Put
options
more than doubled

Case
#8 — JP MORGAN

This was a very obvious short candidate involving both the
natal and progressed horoscopes. Saturn was square the natal Sun and was
in hard aspect to Mars
and Neptune. Saturn was square the progressed MC and Venus, and was sitting
on the progressed Moon. The keys here were the hard aspects of Saturn to
both the natal Sun
and the progressed MC.

JP
Morgan FT Apr. 01, 1969 10:00 AM EST New York, NY

JP
Morgan progressed to Oct. 24, 2003

Case
#9 —
AUTOZONE

The MC drew my attention to this stock. Note that the September direct
Mars station was on the Midheaven and that the November solar eclipse squared
that point. Thus, any announcements would have a greater effect than usual.
Next, see the unstable axis of Neptune and Uranus in Capricorn square the
Sun at 12 Aries. Saturn’s station in Cancer activated this axis,
sending AZO lower.